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| "Don't Bother" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single by Shakira | ||
| From the album Oral Fixation 2 | ||
| Released | 2005 | |
| Format | Digital download Airplay | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 4:16 | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Writers | Shakira Scott Spock Lauren Christy Graham Edwards | |
| Producers | Shakira Lester Méndez | |
| Certification | ||
| Director | Jaume De la Iguana | |
| Chart positions | #42 (US) #9 (UK) & (RU) #30 (AUS) #13 (Argentina) | |
| Shakira Singles Chronology | ||
| "No" (2005) | "Don't Bother" (2005) | "Día de Enero" (2005) |
"Don't Bother" is the first single from Shakira's second studio English language album, Oral Fixation 2. The song is about a woman who has been left by her man for a woman who is almost unbelievably good in all aspects. The one aspect where she feels she is perhaps better is the way in which she would touch him. She tells him not to bother if he hurt her feelings, because she will not be crying for him; instead, she will move on with her own life.
Release
The song was officially released on AOL Music First Listen Session on October 9th and is available on radio stations since October 11th 2005. iTunes and other digital music stores have the single available for download since October 18th.
Music video
The music video was directed by the visual artist Jaume, premiered on MTV's Making the Video on October 27th. The music video for the song shows Shakira's boyfriend returning at her home early in the morning (which insinuates that he was with another woman), and laying down to sleep. When he sleeps, Shakira picks up his car keys and drives it to a scrap heap. When she gets there she starts destroying his car, doing a "voodoo" on him using his car. Everything she does to his car is reflected on his body. Some scenes of Shakira in the shower (with clothes) are also seen.
The car used in the video was a 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback."Shelby GT 500" Eleanor Replica built to look like a car from the movie "Gone in 60 Sec".The car was built by Custom-Musclecars.com.
The car is not actually crushed, a 1967 Ford Mustang, more suitable for crushing, was used in the car-crush scene, dressed up in fibreglass to look like the boyfriend's car.
Chart performance
It was a number 1 on the Euro Top 20.The video reached #4 at MTV's TRL Countdown, where Shakira played her song live from London as part of the Spankin' New Music Week. The video was also retired on Italy's and Poland's version of that show.
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart trajectory | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
| Chart position | 74 | 81 | 79 | 62 | 42 | 52 | 61 | 80 | 73 |
| Russian Top 100 Airplay chart trajectory | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Chart position | 81 | 79 | 84 | 78 | 63 | 54 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 42 | 39 | 53 | 75 | 92 |
- Don't Bother was not in the chart at this time. After week 23 it fell out again.
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 42 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay | 29 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs | 19 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 25 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 30 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 6 |
| Colombia Singles Chart | 1 (4 weeks) |
| Finnland Top 20 | 4 |
| German Singles Chart | 7 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 5 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 8 |
| UK Top 75 Singles | 9 |
| Mexican Top 100 | 18 |
| World Chart Show | 1 |
| MCM Top 50 | 24 |
| MCM Hit MCM | 1 |
External links
"Don't Bother"